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Exciting career moments are lined up for German referee Harm Osmers in the coming period – starting with his assignment for Monday’s UEFA Youth League final. The 37-year-old, who gained his FIFA international badge in 2020, is relishing the opportunity to take charge of the big match between RB Salzburg …

Another prestigious Bulgarian football club has joined the Macron ‘family’. As of June, the Hero Company will be the new technical sponsor of PFC Botev Plovdiv, a team from Plovdiv that plays in the Parva Liga, the top Bulgarian football league. Being the oldest football club in the country, Botev …

UEFA has launched the sales of match tickets for the finals of the 2022 UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. 2022 UEFA Champions League final Ticket sales for the 2022 UEFA Champions League final started exclusively via UEFA.com on April 20 at 14:00 CEST and will run until April …

Football Supporters Europe (FSE), the umbrella organisation of fan groups at European level, held a board meeting at the headquarters of European football’s governing body in Nyon on April 20, and discussed a range of key football topics with senior UEFA representatives. Following the meeting, UEFA announced its support for …

ELEVEN has secured live and exclusive rights to the Belgian Jupiler Pro League in Poland. Coverage got underway last weekend and will run until the end of the 2024/25 season. In addition to Belgian’s top-flight league, ELEVEN Poland will be bringing audiences all the action from Belgian cup competitions the …

FIFA have announced the appointment of Elkhan Mammadov as Director Member Associations Europe. Mammadov will assume the position on May 1, 2022, with specific responsibility for regional strategies on the implementation of the FIFA Forward programme, analysing specific requirements across European football’s 55 FIFA member associations in order to define …

SPFL clubs have voted at their general meeting today to approve the introduction of VAR technology at Premiership matches next season. The vote means that VAR technology will be installed at every cinch Premiership ground over the coming months, with a full launch expected following the conclusion of the FIFA …

The UEFA Referees’ Committee has appointed the 12 referees and their referee assistant teams who will take charge of the 31 matches at UEFA Women’s EURO 2022, which will take place in England from July 6 to 31. The full list of referees who have been selected (in alphabetical order): …

The team sports outfitter JAKO and the non-profit organisation KOMM MIT are starting a partnership and supporting up to 1,000 clubs with jersey sets. KOMM MIT is primarily active in youth football in Germany and Europe and brings together young people from over 60 different nations through sporting events. Since …

Following extensive discussions with the eight national associations concerned (Armenia, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Ukraine, and Wales) and FIFA leading to unanimous agreement, in a remarkable spirit of solidarity and cooperation, UEFA have confirmed the dates for the remaining matches of the European Qualifiers to the 2022 …